Factors associated with hernia and bulge formation at the donor site of the pedicled TRAM flap

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 203-208

  Rossetto, Luis Antonio ^a   Abla, Luiz Eduardo Felipe ^a,b   Vidal, Ronaldo ^a   Garcia, Elvio Bueno ^a   Gonzalez, Ricardo João ^a   Gebrim, Luiz Henrique ^a,b   Neto, Miguel Sabino ^a   Ferreira, Lydia Masako ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Perola Byington   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast diseases; Mammaplasty; Mastectomy; Rectus abdominis; Surgical flaps

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BULGE; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DONOR SITE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SMOKING; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

EID: 77955467118     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: 14350130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00238-010-0418-4     Document Type: Article

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